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'File 19/109 V (C 32) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers' [‎115v] (240/547)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1929-30 Jun 1931. It was written in English, French and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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No. 95-3 of 1930.
British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-aeneral,
Bushire # 13th March 1930.
The Political A^ent.
Bahrain.
Memorandum.
Reference your endorsement flo. 319, dated the
28nd February 1930. i
I have rec ntly visited Mohaianerah personally and.
made particular enquiries about the treatment of Bahrainis
therei and 1 have ascertained that the staterients con-
tained in HaJ i Hamid's letter to Rved Ahmed bin t'yed
Alawir are largely exaggerations and in some cases in
correct. The local Persian authorities are maintaining
the modus vivendi, and there is no active oppression of
Bahrainis. The present position is admittedly incon
venient to Bahrainis when they wish to leave Persia,
inasmuch as they have to provide themselves with two
passports, a British and a Persian one; but l have hopes
that the question of the status of Bahrain will be finally
settled very shortly and if so all these difticulties will
automatically disappear.
HaJ i Ham id * s statement that before a "taskarah"
is issued security lias to be given that the holder \;ill not /
change his clothes when he reaches Basrah is, i believe,
entirely xk incorrect.
Attested :
SD/ H. V. Biscoe, Lieut.-Colonel,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Capt.,
for Secretary to the Political
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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This file contains correspondence between British and Persian government officials regarding the harassment and mis-treatment of Bahrainis resident in Persia, notably in the town of Mohammerah (present day Khorramshahr).

Much of the correspondence concerns the arrest of a Bahraini trader named Haji Hamid and reports that the Persian government was forcing Bahrainis to give up their Bahraini nationality and adopt Persian nationality. A petition from Bahrainis resident in Persia (addressed to the British resident) is contained on f.215.

The file also contains correspondence related to an incident involving Bahrainis in Iraq being forced to adopt Iraqi nationality.

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1 volume (271 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.

Foliation starts on first page of text, top right hand circled number. Ends on last page in volume. There is another pencilled, uncircled system that starts on f.2.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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